[ale] hmm, some ?'s

[Ryan Bridges]

If you want to recompile the kernel you have to do make clean or it will
not compile correctly.

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Ryan Bridges <ryan at linuxgeneralstore.com>
Tuesday, June 15, 1999
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Byron A Jeff wrote:

> > 
> > I was wondering what these files do. I find them in my /boot directory:
> > boot.b
> > boot.0302
> > System.map
> > map
> > chain.b
> > os2_d.b
> 
> These are used by LILO to set up a LILO boot. Best to leave them be.
> 
> > 
> > also I recompile my kernel like this.
> > make mrproper
> > "Here I run xconfig and configure the kernel"
> > make dep
> > make zImage
> > make modules
> > make modules_install
> > cp arch/i386/boot zImage /boot/vmlinuz-"kernelversion"
> > "then I edit my lilo.conf"
> > lilo
> > reboot
> > 
> > I've been using this procedure for a while and it has always worked, but
> > since I'm not an expert I was wondering If i'm missing something. Of
> > course this is just curiosity. 
> 
> Nope. It's fine. I don't do a mrproper and it still works just fine.
> 
> BAJ
>